Generations Grimlock Being Remolded Into Beast Wars Megatron?
Monday, February 11th, 2013 5:32AM CST
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Posted by Mindmaster on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:04am CST
RIP, little buddy.
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:12am CST
Posted by CBratetron on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:13am CST
I don't see a problem with it but after the outcry over Grimlock's hollow body and huge tail, I'd be surprised if they pursued this. Maybe as a Botcon exclusive.
Posted by Mindmaster on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:15am CST
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:He doesn't really count as Transmetal Megs unless he's got the "ass-fan/bosters", does he?
Ass-fans? If you meant the intakes he can deploy in beast mode and robot mode, they were on his beast hips/robot back.
I don't think this is supposed to represent Megatron's Transmetal body, but rather his Season 1 body.
Posted by Burn on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:20am CST
Posted by Mindmaster on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:30am CST
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:38am CST
Posted by griftimus prime on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:40am CST
Posted by Banjo-Tron on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:40am CST
Mindmaster wrote:It appears one of Godzillabot's old digibashes from a few months back gave Hasbro a thought.
RIP, little buddy.
Eh?
Posted by Cyber Bishop on February 11th, 2013 @ 7:06am CST
griftimus prime wrote:pathetic. i have been soo happy from all the awesome toy fair stuff. now this.... stop with the repaints hasbro!
Yeah, I agree...
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on February 11th, 2013 @ 7:12am CST
Mindmaster wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:He doesn't really count as Transmetal Megs unless he's got the "ass-fan/bosters", does he?
Ass-fans? If you meant the intakes he can deploy in beast mode and robot mode, they were on his beast hips/robot back.
I don't think this is supposed to represent Megatron's Transmetal body, but rather his Season 1 body.
I remember someone calling ROTF Ravage's cannons "ass cannons", and on a whim, decided to call Transmetals Meg's boosters "ass-boosters." Not very suitable, in retrospect.
I naturally thought it would be Transmetals since his season one body was organic as opposed to mechanical.
Posted by Agamemnon on February 11th, 2013 @ 8:02am CST
Sorry, Hasbro, I think this one misses...
Posted by Doubledealer93 on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:02am CST
Posted by Down_Shift on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:14am CST
griftimus prime wrote:pathetic. i have been soo happy from all the awesome toy fair stuff. now this.... stop with the repaints hasbro!
Sorry man, but that's half their bid'ness. I don't think this looks that bad actually.
I might willingly pick up a beast wars mould...
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:20am CST
Posted by rpetras on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:36am CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:That must be the molds alternate head. Pretty interesting choice, then again, how many T-Rex TF's do we have aside from Grimlock? Anyone?
Complete list from TFWiki:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Popular_beast_al ... annosaurus
Same list filtered for character repeats, but leaving in mold mates that are different characters:
Grimlock (G1)
Overkill (G1)
Gōryū (Victory) (pretender shell only)
Megatron (BW) / T-Wrecks
Trypticon (G1) / Gigastorm
Tyrannitron
Terrorsaur (Classics) / Gnashteeth / Chromebite / Ransack (Universe 2008) / Dualor (DOTM)
Predacon (Armada)
Cindersaur
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:39am CST
rpetras wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:That must be the molds alternate head. Pretty interesting choice, then again, how many T-Rex TF's do we have aside from Grimlock? Anyone?
Complete list from TFWiki:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Popular_beast_al ... annosaurus
Same list filtered for character repeats, but leaving in mold mates that are different characters:
Grimlock (G1)
Overkill (G1)
Gōryū (Victory) (pretender shell only)
Megatron (BW) / T-Wrecks
Trypticon (G1) / Gigastorm
Tyrannitron
Terrorsaur (Classics) / Gnashteeth / Chromebite / Ransack (Universe 2008) / Dualor (DOTM)
Predacon (Armada)
Cindersaur
And which one would less knowledgeable fans actually know at heart?
Posted by NTESHFT on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:50am CST
Posted by CMBcheetor on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:51am CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 11th, 2013 @ 10:04am CST
CMBcheetor wrote:They should just reissue Transmetal Megs... but with better plastic.
The Japanese version of Transmetal Megatron, D-40 Metals Megatron, uses a different plastic that eliminates the waist snapping problem.
Posted by Lord Onixprime on February 11th, 2013 @ 10:39am CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:CMBcheetor wrote:They should just reissue Transmetal Megs... but with better plastic.
The Japanese version of Transmetal Megatron, D-40 Metals Megatron, uses a different plastic that eliminates the waist snapping problem.
Actually, it doesn't. Both versions are equally prone to breakage.
I for one love this idea. I don't know if I'd rather see him painted up just purple, or see him brown and purple like him Transmetals figure though. Either way, this is a great offering from Hasbro to us that feel BW goes completely unnoticed lately. Plus, when the Dinobot DLC came out for FoC, first thing I did was attempt to make BW Megatron, and now I can have him in figure form.
I was thinking the other day how they could remold a lot of Grimlock figured into a pretty decent BW Megatron homage, so I hope this is true.
Posted by King Kuuga on February 11th, 2013 @ 11:14am CST
griftimus prime wrote:pathetic. i have been soo happy from all the awesome toy fair stuff. now this.... stop with the repaints hasbro!
Yeah, stop trying to capitalize on your expensive investments, Hasbro! Gosh!
Man, I'm.....kinda on the fence about this. Beast Wars Megatron was my very first Transformer, but....he's fine. I don't need a new version of him. But I kinda want him anyway. Damn choices!
Posted by Rated X on February 11th, 2013 @ 11:27am CST
Posted by Doubledealer93 on February 11th, 2013 @ 11:29am CST
Posted by Lord Onixprime on February 11th, 2013 @ 11:30am CST
Rated X wrote:Doesnt work at all. Stick with the flesh/fur look.
Works fantastically.
Posted by triKlops on February 11th, 2013 @ 11:59am CST
ihad been waiting for a BW Megs to swing my way so this should do the trick!
Posted by craggy on February 11th, 2013 @ 12:12pm CST
Silly that I'm asking for kibble weapons here, but it makes sense for Megatron. Still, it it looks nice enough in the final product I'm not ruling out my being swayed by it.
Posted by Noideaforaname on February 11th, 2013 @ 12:30pm CST
Posted by Manterax Prime on February 11th, 2013 @ 12:51pm CST
Posted by Tresob on February 11th, 2013 @ 1:13pm CST
Posted by datguy86 on February 11th, 2013 @ 1:26pm CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 11th, 2013 @ 1:27pm CST
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on February 11th, 2013 @ 1:36pm CST
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Mindmaster wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:He doesn't really count as Transmetal Megs unless he's got the "ass-fan/bosters", does he?
Ass-fans? If you meant the intakes he can deploy in beast mode and robot mode, they were on his beast hips/robot back.
I don't think this is supposed to represent Megatron's Transmetal body, but rather his Season 1 body.
I remember someone calling ROTF Ravage's cannons "ass cannons", and on a whim, decided to call Transmetals Meg's boosters "ass-boosters." Not very suitable, in retrospect.
I naturally thought it would be Transmetals since his season one body was organic as opposed to mechanical.
Not to ,ention asymetrical. I figured it would be Transmetal as well.
Posted by philtron3030 on February 11th, 2013 @ 1:53pm CST
Posted by King Kuuga on February 11th, 2013 @ 2:45pm CST
datguy86 wrote:Headsculpt is very BW Megatron, but with the sword and shield I'm more reminded of Magmatron. Very slim chance of it being Magmatron? Mmmmmaybe.
That's an interesting idea. I could go for that.
Posted by megatronus on February 11th, 2013 @ 2:55pm CST
As an homage, it definitely does not work - whether regular or Transmetal, this mold misses the mark for reasons already stated (no T-rex head hand, tail weapon, or thrusters if Transmetal).
As an update, however, I think this is brilliant (I use the word as a non-Brit). I love the vibe this guy gives off - think Kaon Gladiator from Transformers Prime meets the conniving schemer from Beast Wars, and you have a total win.
I'd love to see the color palette, or some Photoshopped test shots, but as of right now, he's buy on sight.
Posted by Heckfire on February 11th, 2013 @ 3:47pm CST
If it's the last one, I humbly suggest "Predatron," the way-too-cool-sounding-for-Playskool name of the sole "1-2-3 Go-Bots" baddie (OK, his name was spelled "Preditron," but I prefer this spelling).
Posted by Kibble on February 11th, 2013 @ 4:13pm CST
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on February 11th, 2013 @ 4:53pm CST
Yeah I'm gonna have to get this if it's not an exclusive of some kind.
Posted by ausbot on February 11th, 2013 @ 4:54pm CST
Posted by sdn1337 on February 11th, 2013 @ 5:17pm CST
Posted by Sodan-1 on February 11th, 2013 @ 6:43pm CST
Posted by Down_Shift on February 11th, 2013 @ 8:45pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:That must be the molds alternate head. Pretty interesting choice, then again, how many T-Rex TF's do we have aside from Grimlock? Anyone?
97.3
Posted by Mindmaster on February 11th, 2013 @ 8:47pm CST
Down_Shift wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:That must be the molds alternate head. Pretty interesting choice, then again, how many T-Rex TF's do we have aside from Grimlock? Anyone?
97.3
Where'd the .3 come from?
Posted by Down_Shift on February 11th, 2013 @ 8:51pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:Down_Shift wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:That must be the molds alternate head. Pretty interesting choice, then again, how many T-Rex TF's do we have aside from Grimlock? Anyone?
97.3
Where'd the .3 come from?
Mini-cons. Duuuuh.
Posted by Mindmaster on February 11th, 2013 @ 8:52pm CST
Down_Shift wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Down_Shift wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:That must be the molds alternate head. Pretty interesting choice, then again, how many T-Rex TF's do we have aside from Grimlock? Anyone?
97.3
Where'd the .3 come from?
Mini-cons. Duuuuh.
Oh, right.
Wait, there was a T-rx Mini-Con? Where was I when this happened?
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:19pm CST
sdn1337 wrote: but it still won't feel as special considering he's going to be remolded.
This is something you should probably get used to as a lot of figures get repainted or remolded at some point.
Posted by Mindmaster on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:21pm CST
LOST Cybertronian wrote:sdn1337 wrote: but it still won't feel as special considering he's going to be remolded.
This is something you should probably get used to as a lot of figures get repainted or remolded at some point.
Generations Drift and Blurr for example.
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:22pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:Down_Shift wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Down_Shift wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:That must be the molds alternate head. Pretty interesting choice, then again, how many T-Rex TF's do we have aside from Grimlock? Anyone?
97.3
Where'd the .3 come from?
Mini-cons. Duuuuh.
Oh, right.
Wait, there was a T-rx Mini-Con? Where was I when this happened?
Using the bathroom perhaps?
Posted by Agamemnon on February 11th, 2013 @ 9:36pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:LOST Cybertronian wrote:sdn1337 wrote: but it still won't feel as special considering he's going to be remolded.
This is something you should probably get used to as a lot of figures get repainted or remolded at some point.
Generations Drift and Blurr for example.
*coughseekerscough*
Actually, if I were going to do this, it might be easier to list the Classics/Generations molds that have not been repainted/remolded.
Megatron
Astrotrain
Tankor(Octane)
Galvatron
Perceptor (yet, reflector repaint rumored)
Hound
Warpath
That might be it, after a quick glance at my shelves. Did Classics Grimlock get a repaint?